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This one is ready for the cover of a cookbook too. 🙂 So lush, warm and inviting. Great drawing.

Gorgeous! Great work, Carol, ready to print. 🙂

Really interesting composition. I like the way I feel the heaviness of the fruit. I also like your coloration of the leaves, adding the greens and yellows. Quite nice!

This is beautiful! Along with the wonderful gloss you have given the leaf, I particularly like the way you have indicated the thickness and curl. Good work! Love those rich darks!

Hi Kyra, That is a nice looking tomato! You are really getting good at toning. My only comments would be about the reflective light. It should blend more smoothly into the tomato. You can see it in the real one. And the color could be a bit redder to match the subject. Although I have to admit, I prefer the color of yours, with the yellows and browns.

🙂 Thanks Sam, it’s getting dark early and cold and there’s a winter nesting in the air.

Thank you- I used watercolor from the watercolor pencils, as well as colored pencil

@sammcwilliams thank you so much for your helpful feedback. I find it rather difficult graduating out the shading on small objects, need more training …

This looks wonderful Carol! The highlights are so well done and really convey the shiny leaves. Your color selection and saturation are very good too! Great job!

Hi, Vern and Sam, I’ve worked on this little holly drawing further, and tried to incorporate the advice you both gave me. Do you have any more comments for me before I have my Christmas cards printed? (This will be an accent on my cards.)

good ideas, Sam. thank you! will attempt…

thank you, sam! this was one of my fave classes!

oh thanks Sheila. I think I started with a yellow watercolor wash and did a ton of layering of lights over darker yellows. I used a fair amount of ivory, white and cream. I really struggle with yellows on the Kraft! Still work to do…

thanks, Sam…

I struggle so much with veins…I can’t seem to keep my point sharp enough or when I get a point, I then seem to layer too much on and it becomes shiny and harder to bo back. I’m working on my technique but you’re right re veins. the bane of my existence these days 🙂 I’ll keep working…thanks

thanks, Doub/Vern. good idea re cast shadows…

Such rich colors! Did you use watercolor pencil in addition to colored pencil?